Michael Smith
Michael Smith is an independent Programmer, System Administrator and IT Consultant with over 20 years of professional and international experience. His hobbies and interests include IT security research, email systems, retro gaming, radio and music. He has lived and worked in Dubai, Indonesia and the United States. He currently lives in Antwerp, Belgium with his partner and two kids.
Beitrag
FreeBSD’s jail mechanism promises strong isolation—but how strong is it really?
In this talk, we explore what it takes to escape a compromised FreeBSD jail by auditing the kernel’s attack surface, identifying dozens of vulnerabilities across exposed subsystems, and developing practical proof-of-concept exploits. We’ll share our findings, demo some real escapes, and discuss what they reveal about the challenges of maintaining robust OS isolation.